Rerolling mechanism for cigarette-mouthpieces.



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K. HARNISCH.

BEROLLING MECHANISM FOR CIGARETTE MOUTHPI ECES; A umion filed m 14, 1902.

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rrn STATES 1 PATENT 1 OFFICE.

KARL HARNISOH, OF ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERI- CAN TOBACCO COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEWV JERSEY.

REROLLING MECHANISM FOR ClGARETTE-MOUTHPIECES.

SPEGIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 7 16,53 1, dated December 23, 1902.

Application filed May 14, 1902. Serial No. 1071331. (N0 model-l To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, KARL HARNISOH, a citizen of the Swiss Republic, residing at St. Petersburg, Russia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rerolling Mechanism for Oigarette-lvlouthpieces, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

The invention relates to certain improvements in mechanism for rerolling the mouthpieces of cigarettes after they have been inserted in the cigarette-tubes to cause them to fit tightly in the tubes.

In making cigarettes with mouthpieces the mouthpieces are formed by a mechanism which rolls a blank up into tubular shape, the rolled blank being then inserted into the end of a cigarettetube. The mouthpiece thus formed is usually slightly smaller than the tube, and it is customary, in the better class of cigarettes, to subject the mouthpiece to a rerolling operation, which is performed by a mechanism which tends to unroll the blank slightly, so as to cause it to fit snugly in the tube.

The present invention has for its object to produce a mechanism by which mouthpieces may be rerolled between a mandrel or similar device, which is inserted into the mouthpiece after the same has been placed in the tube, and a cooperating rolling-surface acting on the exterior of the tube and mouthpiece.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in certain constructions and in certain parts, improvements, and combination, as will be hereinafter described and then fully pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate the same parts, Figure 1 is side view of the improved rerolling mechanism. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detailed diagrammatic perspective view illustrating the operation of the mechanism.

Referring to the drawings, which illustrate a concrete embodiment of the invention, 1 indicates a suitable table or support, which may be a part of the frame on which the cigarettetube-formiug and mouthpiece-rolling mechanisms are mounted. The mandrel which enters the mouthpiece may be of any desired construction and operation. As shown, it consists of a pointed rod 181, said rod being mounted in a shank 182. While the engagement between the mandrel and the cigarettemouthpiece may be effected in any suitable manner, in the preferred form of the construction this will be accomplished by reciprocating the mandrel.

The construction by which the mandrel is mounted may be of any suitable character. As shown, it is carried on a support 183, said support being pivoted between ears 184, extending from a block 185, which is mounted on a slide 186.- This slide moves in suitable ways 187, formed in a block 188, which is mounted on the bed-plate 1.

A suitable abutment is provided for controlling the movement of the support and mandrel. This abutment will preferably be adjustable, and in the construction shown consists of two headed screws 189. The mandrel and support are preferably yieldingly forced against the abutment, and in the construction shown this is eifected by a spring 190, which is secured to a bracket 191, extending from the support, and to a loop on the slide 186. The reciprocating movements of the slide may be produced in any desired manner. As shown, the slide is connected by a link 192 to a lever 193, said lever being pivoted at 194 to the bed-plate. The movements of this lever may be effected in any desired manner-as, for instance, by means of a cam. (Not shown.)

The rolling-surface between which and the mandrel the mouthpicces are rerolled may be of any suitable form and mounted in any suitable manner. In the construction shown this surface consists of a flat plate 195, which is secured to a plate 196, which reciprocates in ways 197, secured to the bed-plate 1. This shown in Fig. 3, and after the mouthpiece has been inserted in the tube by a mechanism (not shown) the tube is dropped onto the support and held between it and the plate. After the'tube has been deposited on the support the mandrel is advanced and the pointed rod enters the mouthpiece, the spring 190 allowing the mandrel to yield slightly in order to enter the mouthpiece, but at the same time holding it firmly against the rolling-surface.

The rolling-surface may be given its movement by any desired mechanism. As shown, there is provided a bent lever 202, which is pivoted at 203 to a bracket 204, depending from the plate 1, and one of the arms of this lever is connected to the block 196 by means of alink 205. The movements of the bent lever, which operate to reciprocate the slide, may be efiected in any desired manner, as by a cam. (Not shown.)

In order to prevent the mouthpiece from being withdrawn when the mandrel is retreated, there is preferably provided a stop 206, which is carried on the plate 199 and which engages the edge of the mouthpiece.

The rerolled mouthpiece and tube may be discharged in any suitable manner. As shown, the upper end of the rolling-surface is recessed slightly, as indicated at 207, and as the plate is about completing its down ward movement the cigarette-tube rolls into this recess. The further downward movement of the plate causes the cigarette-tube to roll over the end of the rolling-surface, after which it rolls down the plate 199 and into a suitable receptacle.

It is to be understood that many variations and changes may be made in the construction by which the invention is carried into effect. The invention is not, therefore, to be limited to the specific features of construction hereinbefore described.

What is claimed is- 1. In a mouthpiece-rolling device, the combination with a mandrel adapted to enter the mouthpiece, of a rolling-surface and means for producing a relative movement between the mandrel and surface, whereby the mouthpiece is rolled.

2. In a mouthpiece-rolling device, the combination with a mandrel adapted to enter the mouthpiece, of a roughened rolling-surface and means for producing a relative movement to enter the mouthpiece,of a roughened ro1l-' ing-surface and means for reciprocating the surface with respect to the mandrel, whereby the cigarette is rolled.

5. The combination with a mandrel, of a rolling-surface, a cigarette-support, means for moving the mandrel to cause it to enter the mouthpiece of the cigarette, and means for producing a relative movement between the mandrel and the surface, whereby the cigarette is rolled.

6. The combination with a mandrel, of a roughened rolling-surface, a cigarette-support, means for moving the mandrel to cause it to enter the mouthpiece of the cigarette, and means for producing a relative movement between the mandrel and the surface, whereby the cigarette is rolled.

7. The combination with a mandrel of a rolling-surface, a cigarette-support, means for moving the mandrel to cause it to enter the mouthpiece of the cigarette, and means for reciprocating the surface with respect to the mandrel, whereby the cigarette is rolled.

8. The combination with a mandrel, of a roughened rolling-surface, a cigarette-support, means for moving the mandrel to cause it to enter the mouthpiece of the cigarette, and means for reciprocating the surface with respect to the mandrel, whereby the cigarette is rolled.

9. The combination with a mandrel, of a movable support, a carrier on which the support is mounted, an abutment, a spring for holding the mandrel against the abutment, means for moving the carrier to cause the mandrel to enter the mouthpiece, a rollingsurface, a cigarette-support, and means for producing a relative movement between the rolling-surface and the mandrel.

10. The combination with a mandrel, of a movable support, a carrier on which the support is mounted, an abutment, a spring for the mandrel against the abutment, means for moving the carrier to cause the mandrel to enter the. mouthpiece, a rolling-surface, a cigarette-support, and means for reciprocating the rolling-surface with respect to the mandrel.

11. The combination with a mandrel, of a movable support, a carrier on which the support is mounted, an abutment, comprising a pair of adjustable stops, a spring for holding the mandrel against the abutment, means for moving the carrier to cause the mandrel to enter the mouthpiece, a rolling-surface, a cigarette-support, and means for producing a relative movement between the rolling-surface and the mandrel.

12. The combination with a mandrel, of a movable support, a carrier on which the support is mounted, an abutment comprising a pair of adjustable stops, a spring forholding the mandrel against the abutment, means for moving the carrier to cause the mandrel to enter the mouthpiece, a rolling-surface, a cigarette-support, and means for reciprocating the rolling-surface With respect to the mandrel.

13. The combination with a carrying-slide, of a support pivoted thereon, a mandrel carried by the support, an abutment, a cigarettesupport, a rolling-surface, means for reciproeating the rolling-surface, and means for reciprocating the carrying-slide.

14. The combination with a cigarette-support, of a rolling-surface lying at an angle thereto, a carrying-slide, a support mounted thereon, a mandrel carried by the support, an abutment comprising adjustable stops, a spring operating to hold the mandrel and sup port against the stops, means for reciprocating the slide and means for reciprocating the rolling-surface.

15. The combination with a cigarette-support, of a rolling-surface, a pointed mandrel, an abutment, a spring for holding the mandrel against the abutment, means for moving the mandrel to causeit to enter the cigarettemouthpiece, and means for producing a'relative reciprocating movement between the mandrel and the rolling-surface.

16. The combination with a cigarette-support. of a rolling-surface,a pointed mandrel, an abutment, a spring for holding the mandrel against the abutment, means for moving the mandrel to cause itto enter the cigarette mouthpiece, and means for reciprocating the rolling-surface.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' KARL HARNISCH.

Witnesses:

JAMES Q. RIcE, W. R. HOLLOWAY. 

